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Sakuting is a dance from the province of Abra. It was originally an all-male dance performance presenting a mock fight between Ilocano Christians and non-Christians using sticks. The dance is traditionally performed during Christmas at the town plaza or throughout the town, from one house to another.
Sakuting is a dance from the province of Abra. It was originally an all-male dance performance presenting a mock fight between Ilocano Christians and non-Christians using sticks. The dance is traditionally performed during Christmas at the town plaza or throughout the town, from one house to another.
Sakuting is a dance from the province of Abra. It was originally an all-male dance performance presenting a mock fight between Ilocano Christians and non-Christians using sticks. The dance is traditionally performed during Christmas at the town plaza or throughout the town, from one house to another.
Get to know DANCE RESEARCHER: Francisca Reyes Aquino
Meaning: Refers to rhythmic sticks producing
accompaniment for the dance
Place of Origin: Abra and Ilocos
Country of Influence: China
Classification: Recreational and Social Dance
Background “Sakuting” is an ethnic term which refer to the rhythmic sticks producing accompaniment for the dance.
It comes from the province of Abra, home to the Ilocano
people native to the lowlands and the Tingguian mountain tribes.
The Spanish established a garrison to protect Ilocanos who
converted to Christianity, and their capital city, Bangued, from raids by the mountain tribes. Introduced by Spanish missionaries as religious ritual, the sakuting dance portrays this struggle between the lowland Christians and the non-Christian mountain people. Sakuting’s origins, however, appear much older.
Sakuting was originally performed solely by boys,
portrays a mock fight using sticks, but because of its influence It can also be performed with girls Origin Arnis, the traditional Filipino art of stick fighting, employed readily available weapons by simple people seeking self-protection. The occupying Spanish banned the practice of Arnis, forcing it into secret. Filipinos found ways to openly retain the practice by making the Arnis movements part of folk dances. Sakuting is actually a two-stick Arnis exercise set to music. MUSIC It is said that the time signature for this dance is 2/4 or 4/4 that is composed with 8 or 9 figures (parts)
The traditional music styles for sakuting portray the dual
influences of China and Spain.
Its staccato inflections and rhythmic tapping suggest a
strong Chinese influence. The music itself is played by a rondalla, a native string ensemble of plectrum (plucked with tortoiseshell fingerpicks) instruments influenced by Spanish stringed instruments, that includes bandurria, laud, octavina, mandola, guitarra and bajo de uñas, or double bass. PERFORMANCE
The Ilocano people customarily perform the sakuting dance
as part of Christmas celebrations. Performed at the town plaza or from house to house, the dance allows the opportunity for spectators to give the dancers aguinaldos—gifts of money, drinks, fruits and refreshments prepared especially for Christmas much like the English custom of caroling. THE DANCE Dancers use one and two sticks throughout the performance to tap the floor and each other’s sticks. Dance steps are a combination of marching and small forward or sideways shuffle steps while circling and interchanging positions with other dancers.
Dancers twirl the sticks, hitting them against
opponents’ sticks, displaying a mock fight. THE STICK A sakuting stick is striped or bamboo and is about 1½ feet long and tapered at the end, like a candle. Its original use was for combat training. During the playful folk dance, two teams, one representing each side, circle and clash bamboo sticks in a gentle imitation of martial arts sparring. Its dance form is the comedia (a theatrical dance, also called moro-moro) and features a battalla (choreographed skirmish). COSTUME GIRL- A native Ilocano kimono style with sleeves elbow length; skirt of bright- colored plaid shirred at the waist of ankle length
BOY – Camisa de chino, red trousers and a native hat